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Colin James announced Chasing the Sun for an August 23 release through Stony Plain Records. The album’s guests include Charlie Musselwhite, Lucinda Williams, Darryl Jones and Charley Drayton.
True North Records announced 44 Bruce Cockburn tour dates in North America and the UK on April 17, 2023. The tour supported O Sun O Moon, then scheduled for May 12.
Bruce Cockburn announced O Sun O Moon, his 35th album, for May 12, 2023 through True North Records. “On A Roll” opens the collection.
Bruce Cockburn announced Rarities for digital release on November 25, 2022. The collection brings recordings from the Rumours of Glory box set together with remastered tracks from tribute compilations.
Crystal Shawanda announced Midnight Blues for September 30 through True North Records. The blues and Americana collection was introduced by “How Bad Do You Want It.”
Barney Bentall announced Cosmic Dreamer for April 22, 2022 through True North Records. The 11-track album pairs nine originals with covers of songs by Bob Dylan and Gordon Lightfoot.
Bruce Cockburn’s Greatest Hits (1970–2020) was announced as available through True North Records on October 19, 2021. Cockburn selected the collection’s 30 songs.
Colin James announced his twentieth studio album, Open Road, for November 5, 2021 through Stony Plain Records. The title track followed the earlier single “Down On The Bottom.”
Murray McLauchlan released his 20th album, Hourglass, through True North Records on July 9, 2021. The announcement describes songs addressing racism, privilege and economic disparity.
Craig Cardiff announced All This Time Running for May 14, 2021. The announcement identifies it as his first True North Records release and notes bonus recordings of earlier songs.
True North Records announced Crystal Shawanda’s Church House Blues on June 3, 2020. The ten-track record was her second album for the label.
Bruce Cockburn and True North Records announced a limited-edition 50th-anniversary vinyl set collecting his self-titled debut, The Charity of Night, and Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu.
Bruce Cockburn announced Crowing Ignites, his thirty-fourth album. The instrumental collection contains 11 new compositions and follows the earlier instrumental release Speechless.
True North Records announced Leeroy Stagger’s song “Strange Attractor” in a post dated June 16, 2019. The post describes his music as a blend of roots, rock and pop.
Old Man Luedecke shared the title track from Easy Money and announced the album for June 14 through True North Records. It followed his 2015 release Domestic Eccentric.
Matt Andersen announced Halfway Home by Morning, a 13-track album recorded live in Nashville’s Southern Ground studio. The collection draws on soul, rhythm and blues, folk and Americana.
True North Records announced Jimmy Rankin’s Moving East in an October 18, 2018 post. The album was made with producer Joel Plaskett following Rankin’s return to Nova Scotia.
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